Paddling near Detroit, MI

Detroit sits in Wayne County at the confluence of several major water corridors — the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, the Clinton, Huron, Rouge, and River Raisin — giving paddlers an unusually dense network of urban, suburban, and rural routes. The marquee paddle is the Detroit Heritage River Water Trail, whose 7-mile Belle Isle/Detroit loop circles the island past the city skyline, the Canadian shore, and passing Great Lakes freighters.